Flashbulb memories and posttraumatic stress reactions across the life span: age-related effects of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.

dc.contributor.author

Berntsen, Dorthe

dc.contributor.author

Rubin, David C

dc.coverage.spatial

United States

dc.date.accessioned

2015-05-19T05:23:16Z

dc.date.issued

2006-03

dc.description.abstract

A representative sample of older Danes were interviewed about experiences from the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. The number of participants with flashbulb memories for the German invasion (1940) and capitulation (1945) increased with participants' age at the time of the events up to age 8. Among participants under 8 years at the time of their most traumatic event, age at the time correlated positively with the current level of posttraumatic stress reactions and the vividness of stressful memories and their centrality to life story and identity. These findings were replicated in Study 2 for self-nominated stressful events sampled from the entire life span using a representative sample of Danes born after 1945. The results are discussed in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder and childhood amnesia.

dc.identifier

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16594798

dc.identifier

2006-03906-013

dc.identifier.issn

0882-7974

dc.identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10099

dc.language

eng

dc.publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

dc.relation.ispartof

Psychol Aging

dc.relation.isversionof

10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.127

dc.subject

Age Factors

dc.subject

Aged

dc.subject

Aged, 80 and over

dc.subject

Denmark

dc.subject

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

dc.subject

Female

dc.subject

Germany

dc.subject

Humans

dc.subject

Life Change Events

dc.subject

Male

dc.subject

Mental Recall

dc.subject

Middle Aged

dc.subject

National Socialism

dc.subject

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

dc.subject

World War II

dc.title

Flashbulb memories and posttraumatic stress reactions across the life span: age-related effects of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.

dc.type

Journal article

pubs.author-url

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16594798

pubs.begin-page

127

pubs.end-page

139

pubs.issue

1

pubs.organisational-group

Duke

pubs.organisational-group

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

pubs.organisational-group

Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

pubs.organisational-group

Psychology and Neuroscience

pubs.organisational-group

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

pubs.organisational-group

University Institutes and Centers

pubs.publication-status

Published

pubs.volume

21

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Berntsen&Rubin2006Flashbulb.pdf
Size:
523.45 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Published version